FaustusCaligula
New Member
Hi There, First post.
I am the new owner of a 2002 Renegade in Dog Vomit green. Bought her at 13750 miles. I've put about 75 on her now and I'm noticing in the morning on a cold start she lets out a soft rattle. It's only there for about 30 seconds and then it's quiet for the rest of the day. No hesitations, shifts smooth as butter, no heat issues. I did see a post from ShafferNY from 2009 that seems to exactly describe the noise. (FYI, Mods I'm making a new one to avoid Necroposting) under "Rattle at startup".
I was just curious if anything new had been found about the source of the noise and, well, if i should be scared of her exploding, dying or catching on fire since she's less than 7 days off the lot. People seemed to go both ways in the other post so I was unsure. Now is when I could go back to the dealer and say rude things until they helped me, so now is the time to do it.
I'm tempted to bring her to a Jeep dealer in my state (NH) for a once over, but that leaves me without a car for X days and they'd have to have her at least overnight to replicate the wonderful morning song of her people. Not to mention I'm in the middle of nowhere and the only dealers near me are an hour plus away.
Beyond that, I have to say I'm absolutely in love with her. I'm going to happily invest a few thousand in aftermarket toys...once I'm sure(ish) I won't have to sink it into an engine or ****** any time soon first.
I am the new owner of a 2002 Renegade in Dog Vomit green. Bought her at 13750 miles. I've put about 75 on her now and I'm noticing in the morning on a cold start she lets out a soft rattle. It's only there for about 30 seconds and then it's quiet for the rest of the day. No hesitations, shifts smooth as butter, no heat issues. I did see a post from ShafferNY from 2009 that seems to exactly describe the noise. (FYI, Mods I'm making a new one to avoid Necroposting) under "Rattle at startup".
I was just curious if anything new had been found about the source of the noise and, well, if i should be scared of her exploding, dying or catching on fire since she's less than 7 days off the lot. People seemed to go both ways in the other post so I was unsure. Now is when I could go back to the dealer and say rude things until they helped me, so now is the time to do it.
I'm tempted to bring her to a Jeep dealer in my state (NH) for a once over, but that leaves me without a car for X days and they'd have to have her at least overnight to replicate the wonderful morning song of her people. Not to mention I'm in the middle of nowhere and the only dealers near me are an hour plus away.
Beyond that, I have to say I'm absolutely in love with her. I'm going to happily invest a few thousand in aftermarket toys...once I'm sure(ish) I won't have to sink it into an engine or ****** any time soon first.